Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 2nd Baronet (9 November 1767 – 28 March 1842) was an

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politician and baronet. Massy was the son of

Sir Hugh Massy, 1st Baronet Sir Hugh Dillon Massy, 1st Baronet (1740 – 29 April 1807) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Massy was the son of the Very Reverend Charles Massy, Dean of Limerick and Ardfert. He was first elected to the Irish House of Commons as the Member of P ...

and Elizabeth Stacpoole. In 1797 he was elected to the

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as the Member of Parliament for

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, and sat for the seat until its abolition under the

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.E. M. Johnston-Liik
''MPs in Dublin: Companion to History of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800''
(Ulster Historical Foundation, 2006), p.25 (Retrieved 24 February 2016). He was returned to the

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as the MP for Clare in 1801, but lost his seat in the

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. On 29 April 1807 he succeeded to his father's

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. He married Sarah Hankey, daughter of Thomas Hankey and Mary Wyver, on 14 May 1796.

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